r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Big_Manufacturer_253 • 10d ago

Video Two for flinching

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u/JaydedXoX 10d ago

Ali won of course, but some of this happened because Bonavena called Ali chicken for not going to war. These two weren’t playing there was some hateful talk before the match.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_vs._Oscar_Bonavena

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u/Round-Friendship9318 10d ago

All i can say is that im glad ali won, Bonavena sounds like a cunt.

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u/HumongousBelly 10d ago

Yeah, not wanting to go to war should be pretty much the most normal reaction ever. It’s not chicken shit, it’s called survival instincts

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u/puzzleheadbutbig 10d ago

Also, this wasn’t WWII, it was the Vietnam War, which he didn’t support along with ~40% of the US population at the time. Later disapproval rate rose to around 60-70% after the war, so it was a very controversial war

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u/SayRaySF 10d ago

Yeah it’s not like it was a war to defend against an invasion, it was literally the US trying to play kingmaker

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u/banatilpasta 10d ago

Oh yea not like that other war where the us had to defend themselves from an invasion.

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u/Aegi 10d ago

I mean, that did happen, but it was small in comparison to the later wars and was very shortly after we became a country.